Barbarous nations have a physiognomy of tribe or of horde, rather than individuality of look or features.

We get the fonder of our houses if they have a physiognomy of their own, as our friends have.

They have a physiognomy distinct from the rest of the Scottish people, and have a quick, sharp, rather angry accent.

A good deal later, when close upon fifteen, I began vaguely to see that words have a physiognomy of their own.

It had a physiognomy and character of its own-thisfantastic foreigner!

None of the leading men of his day had a physiognomy so palpably mental.

But the rooms had a physiognomy of their own, from their exquisite neatness and cheerful simplicity.

Rebellion has a physiognomy of its own, and I had by this time learned to read it with tolerable fidelity to nature.

Such a thing has a physiognomy not to be disguised, and I should fancy a man might as easily negotiate St. Paul's Cathedral.